transportation
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˌtrænspɔrˈteɪʃən/
- Archaic
:
deportación
- Historically, many convicts faced transportation to distant penal colonies as a legal punishment.
Examples
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But I got 7 years transportation.
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Her kidnapping from China and transportation to this country is an international crime.
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Earlier, he played an active role in the Khilafat Movement, during which he was prosecuted and sentenced to five years' transportation.
Academic text (2018) -
The first Europeans to arrive in Australia were reluctant colonists who had committed crimes against the Crown and had been sentenced to "transportation beyond the seas."
Academic text (1990) -
The judge sentenced him to transportation for five years as punishment for his crime.
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In the 18th century, transportation was a common form of exile for those convicted of theft.
Synonyms
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5.3
Being forced to live away from your home country, usually for political reasons
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5.4
Official act of sending someone out of a country because they are not allowed to stay
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7.6
The act of forcing someone to leave a country or community as punishment
Forcing someone to leave their home country as punishment
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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3.0
A U.S. government agency that plans and manages transport and safety rules across the country
- Specialized
23
3.2
A network of vehicles and routes that moves people or goods
- Formal
6
4.6
A person who leads the United States government department that plans and runs the country's transport
- Formal
6
4.6
A United States government official who leads the Department of Transportation and makes national transport rules
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3.9
A United States government agency that keeps airports and air travel safe
- Canadian
A yearly required check of older cars to make sure they are safe and do not make too much smoke
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word transportation also came to mean sending someone away as a punishment because courts would 'carry across' prisoners to colonies, from the same roots trans- 'across' and portare 'to carry'. So historically transportation meant 'sending away' a person by legal order.